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california civil code currently allows retailers to swipe your id when investigating fraud, abuse or misrepresentation. but speier believes a legitimate return does not fall into those categories. >> i will never let someone scan my driver's license. >> reporter: now, that's not always an option. if the store prominently posts the id requirement in its return policy, then it's warned you before perform abiding by state law and you will likely have to hand over your id or skip the return. and if you are ever told you're not allowed to make a returnings you have likely been flagged as a serial returner. go to cbssf.com/consumerwatch for a link to your return activity report and the retail exchange. just to clarify, many stores including the children's place only require an id without a receipt. if you have the receipt, they won't scan you. >> you can actually get a return activity report if you are a serial returner? >> reporter: it's primarily for folks who have been denied. so if you haven't been denied, you can try. but they may not have one for you. >> righted read the fine print o
california civil code currently allows retailers to swipe your id when investigating fraud, abuse or misrepresentation. but speier believes a legitimate return does not fall into those categories. >> i will never let someone scan my driver's license. >> reporter: now, that's not always an option. if the store prominently posts the id requirement in its return policy, then it's warned you before perform abiding by state law and you will likely have to hand over your id or skip the...
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the measure would repeal california's death penalty. instead, the maximum punishment would be life in prison without parole. supporters say the legal procedures for capital punishment ha become too costly. >>> other issues are prop 36 that would measure -- would revise california's "three strikes" law to impose a life sentence only when the third felony conviction is for a serious and violent crime. the district attorneys of san francisco and l.a. both support that measure. >>> and prop 37 has to do with the foods you eat. it would require companies to put special labels on raw or processed foods that are made from genetically altered plants or animals. supporters say consumers have a right to know but opponents predict an explosion of frivolous lawsuits. >>> there is a close buy watched local item over in richmond. a proposed tax on soda. if measure n passes businesses with have to pay a penny per ounce of soda. it would be the first of its kind tax in the nation and soft drink makers have spent $2.5 million to defeat it. >>> lines at
the measure would repeal california's death penalty. instead, the maximum punishment would be life in prison without parole. supporters say the legal procedures for capital punishment ha become too costly. >>> other issues are prop 36 that would measure -- would revise california's "three strikes" law to impose a life sentence only when the third felony conviction is for a serious and violent crime. the district attorneys of san francisco and l.a. both support that measure....
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now, thanks to california voters, senator feinstein will continue on to a fourth term. she will be joining 19 other women in the senate and that's breaking last year's election record. >> more women are running. and more women are getting elected. and the options are opening, and you know, the glass ceiling begins to crumble. >> reporter: the popular former san francisco mayor won boy a wide margin against -- won by a wide margin against elizabeth emken. she thank supporters and talked about years ahead in a divided congress. >> what i think this president has to do is begin to talk and listen -- listen -- to individual members on both sides, develop the relationships that are necessary when you have very big and difficult problems. >> reporter: feinstein will be joined again by missouri senator claire mccaskill who beat republican todd akin. akin made his mark this election with his controversial comments regarding rape that charged up several women activists groups. >> there is no way that claire mccaskill can survive. well, now what happened? you proved them wrong. >
now, thanks to california voters, senator feinstein will continue on to a fourth term. she will be joining 19 other women in the senate and that's breaking last year's election record. >> more women are running. and more women are getting elected. and the options are opening, and you know, the glass ceiling begins to crumble. >> reporter: the popular former san francisco mayor won boy a wide margin against -- won by a wide margin against elizabeth emken. she thank supporters and...
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. >>> four men are under arrest in an alleged terror plot busted in southern california. the fbi says the men conspired to kill americans overseas and in the u.s. and planned to join al qaeda and the taliban. one suspect is a 34-year-old man who served in the us air force in 2000 and 2001. authorities say he tried to arrange for two california men to meet his contacts with terror organizations. >>> hewlett-packard's 4th quarter losses are in the billions today. the palo alto-based company purchased british software maker autonomy for $11 billion last year but says the company had misrepresented its finances and is valued now at $8.8 billion. this is the second consecutive quarter of losses for the tech giant. friday, their stock hit an all- time low since 2002. >>> today pg&e posted a reward of $10,000 related to a kidnapping. one of the alleged abductors is seen here trying to withdraw money from the victim's atm account. the contract employee for pg&e was abducted in a parking lot in walnut creek earlier this month. she was released that same night in the oakland hills.
. >>> four men are under arrest in an alleged terror plot busted in southern california. the fbi says the men conspired to kill americans overseas and in the u.s. and planned to join al qaeda and the taliban. one suspect is a 34-year-old man who served in the us air force in 2000 and 2001. authorities say he tried to arrange for two california men to meet his contacts with terror organizations. >>> hewlett-packard's 4th quarter losses are in the billions today. the palo...